Africa unlikely to make Cheltenham trip

Sizing Africa is very unlikely to make the trip to Cheltenham after suffering defeat at Punchestown on Tuesday.

Henry De Bromhead´s charge is still in the Albert Bartlett and Ballymore Properties Hurdles but the Waterford handler has all but ruled him out.

"I think he just needs better ground and we had been hoping to still get him to Cheltenham but he´d have had to won yesterday to be given any chance," De Bromhead told At The Races.

All the major ante-post fancies stood their ground, including Gone To Lunch, Carruthers and Lodge Lane - although the latter two are still in the Ballymore Properties Novices´ Hurdle.

Aranleigh, Nakai and Theatrical Moment are among the most notable sure to miss the three-miler.